Northrop Gamma 2B "Polar Star"; Ellsworth, Lincoln. [photograph]

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Collection Item Summary:

Left side view of the Northrop Gamma 2B "Polar Star" (r/n NR-12269) on snow-covered ice, presumably taken during Lincoln Ellsworth's 1935 trans-Antarctic flight. A small tent is seen at right, and an unidentified man (either Ellsworth or his pilot, Herbert Hollick-Kenyon) seen near the aircraft.

Collection Item Long Description:

Topic

  • Aeronautics
  • Airplanes

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum Archives

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Date

1935

Repository Loc.

National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560

Type

Photographs

Local number

NASM-00078818

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